Western Port Highway (North) Upgrade Project Report to accompany Amendment C199 to the Casey Planning Scheme, C99 to the Frankston Planning Scheme and C183 to the Greater Dandenong Planning Scheme Final - 4 August 2014 Western Port Highway (North) Upgrade Project VicRoads Report to accompany planning scheme amendments Acknowledgements This report has been prepared with the assistance of George Ward Consulting Pty Ltd, Transport Vision Pty Ltd and AECOM Australia Pty Ltd. The appendices to this report include technical reports by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd, Andrew Long and Associates Pty Ltd, Parsons Brinckerhoff Pty Ltd and Raylink Consulting Pty Ltd. Abbreviations used in this report CFR Cranbourne-Frankston Road CHMP Cultural Heritage Management Plan CWPSP Cranbourne West Precinct Structure Plan DEPI Department of Environment and Primary Industries DSIAESP Dandenong South Industrial Area Extension Structure Plan DTPLI Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure EEA Environment Effects Act 1978 EES Environment Effects Statement EPBC Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 EPA Environment Protection Authority ESO Environmental Significance Overlay FFG Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 GWZ Green Wedge Zone HO Heritage Overlay LLDP Lynbrook and Lyndhurst development Plan LPPF Local Planning policy Framework LSIO Land Subject to Inundation Overlay MPA Metropolitan Planning Authority MSS Municipal Strategic Statement PAO Public Acquisition Overlay POHDA Port of Hastings Development Authority PUZ Public Use Zone RDZ1 Road Zone 1 R1Z Residential 1 Zone SBO Special Building Overlay SGF South Gippsland Freeway SLO Significant Landscape Overlay SPPF State Planning Policy Framework UGB Urban Growth Boundary UGZ Urban Growth Zone VFLP Victorian Freight and Logistics Plan VPO Vegetation Protection Overlay VPP Victoria Planning Provisions WPH Western Port Highway 1 Western Port Highway (North) Upgrade Project VicRoads Report to accompany planning scheme amendments TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................. 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 4 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 12 1.1 THIS REPORT ................................................................................................................... 12 1.2 THE PROJECT .................................................................................................................. 12 1.3 NEED FOR THE PROJECT .................................................................................................. 13 1.4 THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ......................................................................................... 15 2 THE PROJECT ...................................................................................................................... 17 2.1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 17 2.2 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................... 18 2.3 PROPOSED FREEWAY UPGRADE WORKS .......................................................................... 19 2.4 PROJECT OPTIONS AND SELECTED PROJECT ELEMENTS ................................................... 21 2.4.1 Cross-section ........................................................................................................ 21 2.4.2 Alignment ............................................................................................................... 22 2.4.3 Interchanges .......................................................................................................... 23 2.4.4 Access restoration ................................................................................................ 26 2.5 PROVISION FOR TRANSPORT MODES ................................................................................ 27 2.5.1 Buses ..................................................................................................................... 27 2.5.2 Pedestrians and cyclists ....................................................................................... 27 2.5.3 Rail freight ............................................................................................................. 28 2.6 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................................. 29 3 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY CONTEXT .......................................................... 31 3.1 STATE TRANSPORT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING CONTEXT ................................................. 31 3.1.1 Transport Integration Act 2010 ............................................................................ 31 3.1.2 Victorian transport, freight and logistics planning ............................................... 33 3.1.3 Metropolitan planning ........................................................................................... 36 3.2 LOCAL STRATEGIC PLANNING CONTEXT ............................................................................ 41 3.2.1 Casey C21 - Building a Great City (2011) ........................................................... 41 3.2.2 Lynbrook and Lyndhurst Development Plan (2013) ........................................... 41 3.2.3 Cranbourne West Precinct Structure Plan (2012) .............................................. 42 3.2.4 Dandenong South Industrial Area Extension Structure Plan (2009) ................. 45 3.3 STATE PLANNING POLICY ................................................................................................. 47 3.4 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY ................................................................................................. 50 3.4.1 Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS) - Casey ................................................... 50 3.4.2 Local Planning Policies – Casey .......................................................................... 51 3.4.3 Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS) - Frankston ............................................. 52 3.4.4 Local Planning Policies - Frankston .................................................................... 53 3.4.5 Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS) - Greater Dandenong ............................. 53 3.4.6 Local Planning Policies - Greater Dandenong .................................................... 55 4 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AND OWNERSHIP ........................................................ 56 4.1 CASEY PLANNING SCHEME .............................................................................................. 56 4.2 FRANKSTON PLANNING SCHEME ...................................................................................... 63 4.3 GREATER DANDENONG PLANNING SCHEME .................................................................... 64 2 Western Port Highway (North) Upgrade Project VicRoads Report to accompany planning scheme amendments 4.4 LAND OWNERSHIP AND ENCUMBRANCES .......................................................................... 73 4.5 OTHER APPROVALS AND COMPLIANCE ............................................................................. 74 5 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES .................................................................. 77 5.1 URBAN CONTEXT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................. 78 5.2 PROJECT BENEFITS .......................................................................................................... 79 5.3 TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS .................................................................................................... 81 5.4 LAND USE IMPACTS .......................................................................................................... 89 5.5 SOCIAL ISSUES .............................................................................................................. 105 5.6 ECONOMIC EFFECTS ...................................................................................................... 112 5.7 ECOLOGICAL ISSUES INCLUDING NATIVE VEGETATION .................................................... 118 5.8 LANDSCAPE CONSIDERATIONS AND THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT ...................................... 122 5.9 CULTURAL HERITAGE ..................................................................................................... 128 5.10 TRAFFIC NOISE .............................................................................................................. 132 5.11 AIR QUALITY ................................................................................................................... 137 5.12 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DRAINAGE ................................................................. 138 5.13 GEOTECHNICAL AND GROUNDWATER ISSUES ................................................................. 140 5.14 CONSTRUCTION ISSUES ................................................................................................. 142 6 CONSULTATION ................................................................................................................ 143 7 BALLARTO ROAD INTERCHANGE OPTIONS .............................................................. 144 7.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................